You know you have a MK4 Ibiza when...

[IbizaTDI08]

you know you have a MK4 when......

you open the door and all the water runs off the roof and down the dash, leaving massive stains.
you wash the car to stand back and watch the rear lights condense up in front of you.
the washer pipe comes off for the rear window
you change the side light bulbs, only to look like you have been trying to slash you're wrists
the wing mirrors drown out any chance of conversation due to wind noise
you merely look at the dash board and it develops scratches
rattles from the rear seat mounts drive you mad.
you have to ditch the OEM suspension for coil overs as they are so bad,
missing paint patches on the doors and panels (car was purchased brand new)
spend the whole time wishing i had a giant rear wiper just to keep the back end clean
you have to tell the SEAT parts man the part numbers of things you need!

yet despite all these little odds and sods, you still love it, and you look at some one in a Corsa/saxo/clio and have a little giggle to you're self

 

[DonniD1991]

you know you have a MK4 when......

the ignition coils go every other week

 

[techathy]

Posted on behalf of a work colleague - you get a ride in a Panda 100hp & comment how smooth the car is over bumps.

 

[RaggedLob]

I love the Pick n' Mix nature of the production line! Mine has a boot light unlike others, and the little middle sunvisor that is actually a good idea...

Quite why they went to all that effort squeezing in a little red light into the ashtray, yet never bothered with a glovebox light

Oh, also, when the A/C compressor whines like a dying dog due to a worn bearing or something

 

[Guffers]

When you get into a Polo and suddenly feel at home with all the familiar switches and knobs etc.

 

[Ibiza_Oz]

You jump a mile evertime the worlds loudest low fuel light comes on due to loudest pro-longed beeeeeeeeep !!!
Passengers always have to take 2 attempts of getting out your motor !!
Condensation in you rlights every 2secs

LOVE EM !!

Oz

 

[Bondiblu]

Passengers always have to take 2 attempts of getting out your motor !!
LOVE EM !!

Oz

Yes I agree, I'm surprised I still have a handle on the passanger side as all my passangers try and rip it off, even after constant reminding.

 

[BigWill]

.....when you can't help but look back at it once you've parked up

 

[andy17]

For those of us what don't have those fancy electric mirrors....

When a passenger gets in, looks at the door and says (while pulling it all over the place) what's this for??? Followed by ooops sorry, and, why don't you have electric mirrors? I thought this was for the window...

.G.

Haha brilliant

Glad i missed this thread before i bought the car..worried now.

I got the petrol beep today, 5 minutes panicking about whats gone wrong to see the petrol light on.

Also getting really excited when you see another Ibiza coming the other way

 

[thePHILosipher]

Haha brilliant

Glad i missed this thread before i bought the car..worried now.

I got the petrol beep today, 5 minutes panicking about whats gone wrong to see the petrol light on.

Also getting really excited when you see another Ibiza coming the other way

worried?? haha, well........, you'll fall in love in love it, the very definition of character, the car falls apart around you, yet you still love it.

you know you have a MK4 Ibiza when you stealers takes 4 attempts to fix any fault under warrenty, orders the wrong parts.

 

[techathy]

you know you have a MK4 Ibiza when you stealers takes 4 attempts to fix any fault under warrenty, orders the wrong parts.

No that's any new car!

 

[stezo2k]

You jump a mile evertime the worlds loudest low fuel light comes on due to loudest pro-longed beeeeeeeeep !!!
Passengers always have to take 2 attempts of getting out your motor !!

lmao that is so true when i start the engine when i'm low on petrol i'm like "shut up you tarrt"

yeah when i have passengers they think they're locked in

.....when you can't help but look back at it once you've parked up

heh me too, i still do it now and i've had the car close to 2 years

 

[Cal91]

You know you have a MK4 Ibiza when...
You get in a Golf or Polo and recognise your own car... then feel the need to tell the owner about it
You go to use your rear washer... to notice it's not working again.
You turn your music up while your window's are down... then turn it back down due to the windows rattling... then turn it up louder
You **** yourself everytime the low petrol warning beep happens. (I have nightmares about that BEEEEEEEEEEEP... it's unnecessarily pro-longed, like no one could not notice the thing)
You love driving home late at night, just to ram it around some country roads.
You notice one side of your glovebox is lower than the other.
The ashtray opens at the slightest touch.
Every light has condensation forming inside.
The passenger in the front seat with their window open, screams when you wash your windscreen, due to the water dripping inside the car. (why didn't they fit a lip on the edge of the windscreen like most cars have now?)
You laugh at how SEAT fitted a small red light inside the ashtray, yet forgot about fitting one in the glovebox.
You notice every MK4 Bezza, even the ones on advertisements.
You have the MK4 section as a desktop shortcut on your PC.
When you read a thread like this and notice every little problem with your car.
You look back after parking it up and think... I love that car.

 

[scoobsta1990]

also when you buy a new one the diff bearings go after two mounths then the dealer has the car for three weeks so they can put a recon gearbox in it after telling me it was a new box and it locks in fifth gear after 100 miles with input shalf bearing rumble and then taking it back to the dealer for them to tell me there is nothing wrong with it.

also the tyres wear on the inner edge.

 

[attila_tdi]

also when you buy a new one the diff bearings go after two mounths then the dealer has the car for three weeks so they can put a recon gearbox in it after telling me it was a new box and it locks in fifth gear after 100 miles with input shalf bearing rumble and then taking it back to the dealer for them to tell me there is nothing wrong with it.

Not entirely sure that you know you have a Mk4 Ibiza when that happens! That sounds horrendously unlucky mate

 

[scoobsta1990]

Not entirely sure that you know you have a Mk4 Ibiza when that happens! That sounds horrendously unlucky mate

just thought id metion it if someone else had the same problem, because i work for volkswagen and the 5 speed gearboxes had problemswith 2nd gear syncros breaking but never bearings, but i was told by the slealer that the there is a problem with bearing collapsing on 5 speed ibiza's, im just waiting for it to blow its guts out on the m25

apart from that its a great car.

 

[ecosse1986]

all they things above are so true the things that get me is the slightest touch of the ashtray and its open and also its a good fight to keep it closed!
the petrol low warning light that gives you such a fright

and how the mk4 ibiza pre facelift how the seats arent height ajustable

 

[knight85]

all they things above are so true the things that get me is the slightest touch of the ashtray and its open and also its a good fight to keep it closed!
the petrol low warning light that gives you such a fright

and how the mk4 ibiza pre facelift how the seats arent height ajustable

hahaha...that winds me up so much..bloomin ashtray

that people almost rip the door handle off when they try and leave...no matter how many times you tell them its anti-hijack system and you have to pull twice!

that the cup holder is too small for my thermos mug!
how my ibiza lost the lottery when it came to centre sun visor and glove box light!

 

[ecosse1986]

Is it just certain models etc that have glove box lights etc?

 

[knight85]

Is it just certain models etc that have glove box lights etc?

lottery as to if pedro decided to fit one!